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electus

electus

Latin

Participle

ēlēctus m (feminine ēlēcta, neuter ēlēctum); first/second declension

  1. extracted
  2. chosen, elected
    1. (Manichaeism) electus, member of the highest class of believer in Manichaeism, who adhere to an ascetic, vegetarian way of life.
      • Aurelius Augustine, In psalmum 140, 12.
        Tales sunt electi, ut non sint salvandi a Deo, sed salvatores Dei.
        So great are the electi, that they are not to be saved by God, but saviours of God.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ēlēctus ēlēcta ēlēctum ēlēctī ēlēctae ēlēcta
genitive ēlēctī ēlēctae ēlēctī ēlēctōrum ēlēctārum ēlēctōrum
dative ēlēctō ēlēctō ēlēctīs
accusative ēlēctum ēlēctam ēlēctum ēlēctōs ēlēctās ēlēcta
ablative ēlēctō ēlēctā ēlēctō ēlēctīs
vocative ēlēcte ēlēcta ēlēctum ēlēctī ēlēctae ēlēcta

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